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Compatibility Verification of Certified Reference Materials and User Measurements

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Andrew L. Rukhin

Abstract

A problem that frequently occurs in metrology is one of assessing compatibility of data obtained by a user laboratory with the specified values and uncertainty estimates from the certificate of analysis. The user’s data are summarized by a measurand mean value and its coverage interval, which is typically based on a repeatability standard deviation, but could include errors estimated using a Type B approach. If the user’s interval and the certificate interval do not overlap or more generally when the conformance hypothesis is rejected, the user may seek guidance on how to confirm this fact or how to rectify the nonconformity. The suggested two-stage statistical approach allows for lab to obtain its coverage interval of the same width as the certificate, or to get a guaranteed power compatibility test for the given bias. Practical computationally simple formulas for each stage sample size are provided.
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Accreditation and Quality Assurance
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Journals

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Keywords

Certificate reference value, Conformance testing, Coverage interval, Critical bias, Necessary sample size, Noncentral t-distribution, Stein procedure.
Statistical analysis

Citation

Rukhin, A. (2013), Compatibility Verification of Certified Reference Materials and User Measurements, Accreditation and Quality Assurance, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=913644 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created December 9, 2013, Updated January 27, 2020
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